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Jan. 9,1923.

J. T. JACKSON.

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FILED FEB. 8, 1922.

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application filed 'lt'ebruary To all whom it may concern.-

Be; it known that 1., JOHN T Jamison, a citizen o'fthe United States, residing at Cold Water, in the county 01? Branch and State ot ll lichigan, have invented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in tdigns, 01 "which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to frames for supporting display matter such as signs, paintings and the like, more particularlytor advertising purposes, and has for one oi? its objects to provide a device of this character constructed towithstand the force or the Wind from all. sides and from all directions,

and to provide a relatively large area Which is equally vislble :t'rom all! sides.

With. th se and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction ashereiimtter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in j the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention The figure is a perspective view of the improved device With a portion of: a sign supporting body attached The improved device comprises an upper hmgitudinally directed member 10, a lower longitudinally directed member 11, upper an 'ularl directed members 12 and 13 and lower angular-1y directed members 1 1 and The angularly directed members 12 and 121 are unitedat their confronting ends as shown at 16 and also united respectively to the longitudinal member 10 at their other ones, as shown at 17and 18.

The angularly directed members 1 1 and 15 are united at their contronting ends as shown at 19 and also united respectively to the longitudinal member 11 at their other ends as shown at 19 and 20. The ends of the members 10 and 11 are connected by vertical members or posts 21 and 22, While the angularly directed members 12 and 13 and the singularly directed members 14 and 15 are connected at their junctures a post 23.

The members 10 and 11 are also connected by a plurality of intermediate posts 2 1, the members 12 and 141 connected by intermett, 1922. lierial No. 535,003.

diate posts 25, While the members 13 and 15 are connected by intermediate posts 26. The longitudinally directed members 10 and 11 and the angularly directed members 12 and 14%, are connected by obliquely directed braces 2'7 and 28, the longitudinally directed members 10' and 11 and the angularly directed members 13 and 15 connected by obliquely directed braces 29 and 30, While theangularly directed members 12 and 13, andvla and 15 respectively are connected by obliquely di rected braces 31 and 32. j

The braces 27 and 28 are united to the longitudinally directed members 10 and 11 and the angularly directed members 12 and 1d at their junctures with one set of the post members 241 and 25, the braces 29 and 80 are united to the longitudinally directed members 10 and 11 and the angularly directed members 13 and 15 at their juncture with one set 01 the vertical post members 2 1 and 26, and the braces 81 and 32 are connected to the angularly directed members 12 and 1d and 18 and 15 at their junctures with the other set or post members 25 and 26. i

i The outer faces 01 the frame Will be covcred With plates of sheet metal matched flooring, jointed boards or the like, as indicated at 33, to provide a surface to receive advertising matter.

By this means a very strong and rigid frame is produced Which presents a plurality of pointed or it-shaped faces to the Wind, rain or snow, and thus divides or splits the pressure and materially increases the stabil- Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is A device of the class described comprising a plurality of oblong frames connected at their ends to define a trian u iar area, a plurztlity 'of y ertic'tl sta y member s cen nected in spaced'relat'ion 'totbe upper and Power nienibers of each 01": said frames, and 6b1ii1ifl'y directed braces connected to the upper and lower frame members of tw 0 separate frames at the juncture thermvith of the vertical stay members.

In testimony whereof, I nfiix my signature hereto.

JOHN T. JACKSON. 

